Cattle-pump



No. 607,775. Patented .luly l9, I898.

. 1. c. STINSON.

CATTLE PUMP.

(Application filed June 26, 1897.)

(No Model.)

FFlGEa JAMES CARY STINSON, OF'CENTRE POINT, TENNESSEE.

CATTLE-PU M P.

SPEQIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,77 5, dated July19, 1898.

Application filed June 26,

To all wh0mit may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES CARY STINsoN,

. of Centre Point, in the county of Chester and State of Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Pumps; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

- This invention relates to pumps which are operated by the, weight ofcattle when drinking and is designed to prevent the fouling of the waterand the overflow of the trough and to provide a simple and effectiveconstruction positive in action and not liable to derangement.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the.

advantages thereof, and to a full disclosure of the invention anadaptation thereof is shown in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective View showing the well and pump-barrel insection. Fig. 2 is a detail view in elevation, showing the relation ofthe trough and nozzle when the latter is discharging water into thetrough. Fig. 3 is a view of the same parts shown in Fig. 2, illustratingtheir relation when the trough has settled and the nozzle is out ofregister with the spout of the discharge-pipe.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The pump and the parts cooperating therewith are shown in connectionwith a well 1 of ordinary construction. The pump-barrel 2 is suspendedin the well from a cross-timber 3 by means of rods 4 and is closed atits upper end by means of a reticulated plate or screen 5, whichprevents matter from entering the pump and obstructing the workingthereof. The discharge-pipe 6 connects with the lower end of thepump-barrel and is provided at its upper end with a spout 7, whichcurves 1897 Serial No. 642,451. (No model.)

downwardly at its discharge end, so as to deliver the stream of water tothe vertical member orbranch of a pivotally-supported nozzle 8 of elbowshape. The pump-barrel is provided at its lower end with a foot or checkvalve 9 of ordinary construction, and a valveplunger 10 operates in thebarrel and has its rod 11 connected with a tilting platform 12 and witha counterbalanced lever 13, the latter serving to return the plungerlOand platform 12 to anormal or working position after the weight of thecattle has been removed therefrom.

The platform 12 may be of desired construction, and consists ofinwardly-convergent bars '14 and transverse strips secured to said bars,the latter having their inner ends pivotally connected to the upper endportions of the rod 11 and their outer ends mounted upon a fulcrum 15.The lever 13 is fulcrumed intermediate of its ends to a bracket 16,secured to the crossbar 3, and is weighted at its outer end and has-itsinner end pivotally connected with the rod 11.

A platform 18 is pivotally supported at an intermediate point to a base17 and is supplied with a weight 19 at one end and a trough 20 at itsopposite end, the latter being counterbalanced and normally heldelevated by the weight 19 when empty or when the water therein hasfallen below a predetermined level. An upright 21 rises from the base 17and has the elbow-shaped nozzle 8 pivotally connected therewith at theelbow. The parts are disposed so that when the trough 20 is elevated thevertical member of the nozzle 8 is in register with the discharge end ofthe spout 7, so as to receive the stream of water therefrom and directit into the trough 20. The upper end of the nozzle 8 and the lower endof the spout 7 flares, thereby preventing the escape of water when thecorresponding parts of the spout and nozzle are in coincident relation.The horizontal member of the nozzle rests upon the inner side or wall ofthe trough and projects thereover, so as to discharge the water into thetrough. The nozzle is supported in such a manner as to becounterbalanced by its horizontal portion, which latter rests upon theinner wall of the trough and moves there with, so as to bring thevertical member of the nozzle into or out of register with the spout.\Vhen the trough 20 is empty or the water therein has fallen below agiven level, the superior force of the weight 19 will predominate andcounterbalance the trough and elevate it into the position shown inFigs. 1 and 2, thereby bringing the vertical member of the nozzle inregister with the spout. After the trough has received the desiredamount of water it will overcome the force of the weight 19 and settleor lower, thereby permitting the vertical member of the nozzle 8 toleave the discharge end of the spout '7, whereby the excess of waterwill be discharged into the well Without causing the trough to overflowand wash filth and dirt into the well and foul the Water thereof.

When an animal desires to drink, it approaches the trough 20, and in sodoing passes upon the platform 12 and lowers its inner end, therebydepressing the plunger and expelling the water from the pump-barrel andforcingit through the discharge-pipe and into the trough through thespout and nozzle. WVhen the trough is supplied with the re quired amountof water, it will gravitate and cause the nozzle to move away from thespout and permit any surplus water to pass back into the well. WVhen theanimal is through drinking and leaves the platform, the latter and theplunger connected therewith are returned to a normal or operativeposition by means of the counterbalanced or weighted lever 13 in themanner set forth, thereby resetting the pump to be again operated by thenext animal desiring to quench its thirst. In order to insure the animalmounting the platform and in order to protect the mouth of the well, thelatter is inclosed upon three of its sides by a fence, as shown at 22 inFig. 1.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, isy 1. The combination with a pump anda discharge-pipe connected with the pump and having a spout,'of anelbow-shaped nozzle pivotally supported and adapted to have its vertical member register with the discharge end of the said spout, and acounterbalanced trough controlled in its vertical movements by thechange of level of the water contained therein and adapted to rock theelbow-nozzle to bring its vertical member into and out of register withthe aforesaid spout, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a pump, a discharge-pipe connected with the pumpand having a spout, and a counterbalanced platform having connectionwith the pump for operatin git when a weight is received upon suchplatform, of an elbow-shaped nozzle pivotally supported and adapted tohave its vertical member register with the spout, a secondcounterbalanced platform, and a trough mounted upon an end portion ofthe last-mentioned-platform and controlled in its vertical movements bythe change of level of the water contained therein and adapted to rockthe elbow-shaped nozzle to bring its vertical member into or out ofregister with the spout, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination with a pump, a discharge-pipe connected with the pumpand having a spout, and a counterbalanced platform having connectionwith the pump for operating it when a weight is received thereon,

of a second counterbalanced platform supporting a trough at one end andcontrolled in its movements by the change of level of water in thetrough, and an elbow-shaped nozzle having its vertical member adapted toregister with the spout and terminating in a flaring end, and having itshorizontal member in engagement with the aforesaid trough and controlledin its movements thereby to bring the vertical member of the nozzle intoand out of register with the aforesaid spout, substantially asdescribed.

4. In combination, a pump, a dischargepipe having connection with thepump and provided with a spout, a platform pivotally supported at itsouter end and having connection at its inner end with the pump-rod, acounterbalanced lever applied to the pumprod for returning it and theplatform to a normal position, a base, a platform pivoted intermediateof its ends to the base and provided at one end with a weight and at itsopposite end with a trough, an upright applied to said base, and anelbow-shaped nozzle having pivotal connection with the said upright andadapted to have its vertical member register with the spout of thedischarge-pipe and having its horizontal-member resting upon the troughand controlled in its vertical move- JAMES CARY STINSON.

WVitnesses:

R. A. LEWIS, E. F. BOSWELL.

